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1?. W. ROBERTS.

BARREL TRUCK;

No. 337,870. Pateted Mar. 16, 1886.

INVENTUH- NITED STATES PATENT FFICEO FRANKWV. ROBERTS, OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO SYDNEY BENDA, OF SAME PLACE.

BARREL-TRUCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 337,870, dated March 16, 1886.

Application filed December 7, 1885. Serial No. 184,999. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK W. ROBERTS, of Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Barrel-Trucks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a front [0 elevation; Fig. 3, atop plan; Fig. 4., a detail ofjawpiece and mounting; Fig. 5, a detail of trunnioned hoop; Fig. 6, a detail of permanent trunnion.

It consists in the several novel features of construction shown and describedin the specification and drawings, and specifically set forth in the claim hereto annexed.

The object of my invention is to produce a simple yet effective truck for moving barrels or casks in an upright position from place to place.

It is constructed as follows:

A is the reach, curved to about a half-circle, and upon which the handle B is secured,

- as shown.

C O are standards erected upright upon the reach A at or near its ends. In or upon the upper ends of these standards I place a jawpiece, a. This jaw is constructed with abody,

a downward stem, 1), and the upwardly extending arms, 0, which create the jaw. These arms flare outwardly from each other.

\Vhen I use gas-pipe for the standards, the

stem 1) fits or screws into the end of the pipe, or is held therein by a transverse pin, d,

which is removable.

To increase the utility of my device, I construct the jaw-piece with two jaws, c 0, one standing in a line Vertically with the stem,

and the other is offsetfrom the stem, as shown in Fig. 4:.

D D are the wheels, mounted upon axlebearings secured in the reach at about the point where the reach and standards meet, and

projecting horizontally.

E E are permanent trunnions placed and secured opposite to each otherone upon each side of the barrel. These trunnions I provide with a concave base to fit the barrel,

a bolt projecting inward from the base, and a nut and washer placed upon the bolt. (See Fig. 6.) This bolt passes through the side of the barrel, and when the nut is screwed up the trunnion is secured in place. This con-- struction is especially desirable for use upon 5 an ash or garbage barrel, and it saves all handling of the barrel and soiling of hands and clothes; or, for use upon barrels only temporarily, I construct a hoop, F, and secure the trunnions upon this hoop. This hoop I construct in one piece, the ends of which are bent outward, to form ears, through which I pass a tightening-screw, and when this hoop is placed upon a barrel I secure it there temporarily by tightening up the screw, (see Fig. 5;) or I construct the hoop in two parts, one hinged to the other and opening wide enough to receive a barrel, and adapted to be secured together and at the same time drawn tightly around a barrel by means of a cam-lever and draw-link or similar device to clamp, draw together, and secure the parts. I can in this instance have one part of the hoop journaled in the standards or otherwise permanentlyconnected to them, and the other part con- 7 nected to it by a hinge-joint, as described. This construction is useful in mills, stores, &c.

It is operated as follows: The barrel (shown in dotted lines in the drawings) having been so, as aforesaid described, provided with either permanent or temporary trunnions, I trundle the truck up to it, raising the handle, which lowers the standards while it inclines them forward, receiving the barrel within the concavity of the reach partially until the front arms of the jaws pass under the trunnions, when, by drawing down the lever, the

jaws come up around and receive the truir nions, and as I continue to lower the handle I raise the barrel clear from the floor, and it go then balances itself upon the trunnions and standards, and I can wheel it whereverI may desire. \Vhen I use the jaws for a full-sized barrel, I turn the stem around until the jaw is over the standard,and pin it there, the off- 5 setjaw standing outward; and for use upon a half-barrel I turn the jawpiece around so that the offset jaw stands inward, as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 4.

I also adapt my cart to the carriage of barrco rels by the chines by attaching or connecting a grappling-hook to each standard, and then when I elevate the handle the hooks are lowered, so as to be hooked under the chines, and then lowering the handle I raise the barrel and it is suspended between the standards.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A barrel-truckconsisting of reach A, han- IO dle B, standards Ofproyided with j aW-pieces a, and wheels D, in combination witha barrel provided with trunnions E, constructed and operating together substantially as shown and described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 5th day of December, 1885.

FRANK W. ROBERTS.

Witnesses:

O. W. SMITH, SYDNEY BENDA. 

